Though my blog has been silent for the last week or so, I’m still here.  Things are looking up in library-land: Jen, our fabulous new part-time children’s, part-time reference librarian, is now on her third day of work here, and is quickly moving up to warp speed.  Jen’s arrival means no more six day work weeks for me (yay!), and thus I’ll actually have free time at home to post regularly to my blog (double yay!).

Last week was a big one, and I’ll write posts tomorrow and the next day on the 5th grade book group’s discussion of Five Children and It (it was a terrific discussion, our best yet), and on Hugh Hanley’s visit to the library on Saturday for his “Circle of Songs” program (which was a big hit, of course).  But for now it’s back to preparation for today’s book group, the 6th grade discussion of Magyk by Angie Sage.